Around New Mexico
Spanish Colonization
Geography
Random Trivia
Around Middle School
100

You might visit this famous cave system in New Mexico. It is one of the oldest National Parks in the US.

What is Carlsbad Caverns?

100

This cheap and ubiquitous building material was used to construct buildings in colonial New Mexico. 

What is adobe? 

100

This line of latitude sits at 0 degrees. 

What is the Equator?

100

This famous 19th century author wrote "The Tale Tell Heart."

Who is Edgar Allen Poe?

100

Our school is named after this president.

Who is Andrew Jackson?

200

You might want to avoid the arroyo after sunset in many New Mexican villages. Otherwise you might run into this famous folk legend. 

Who is la llarona? 

200

This is the name given by Spanish conquistadors to northern frontier areas reputed to have cities of gold. 

What is Cibola?

200

This is the most important river in the state of New Mexico, providing water to its large urban areas. 

What is the Rio Grande?

200

He is the host of the student news program CNN10.

Who is Coy Wire?

200

They will be performing at this weekend's Super Bowl halftime show.

Who is Usher?

300

This was the largest village in Chaco Canyon. 

What is Pueblo Bonito?

300

Meaning "head of a cow," this Spanish explorer was lost in the deserts of the southwest for 8 years.

Who is Cabeza de Vaca?

300

This is the capital city of New Mexico.

What is Santa Fe?

300

This singer created the middle school banger, "It's Friday."

Who is Rebecca Black?

300

"Stay gold Ponyboy, stay gold," is a line from this often-read middle school novel. 

What is SE Hinton's "The Outsiders"?

400

During the Second World War, the first nuclear bomb was built secretly in this New Mexican town. 

What is Los Alamos?

400

Statues commemorating this Spanish conquistador might sometimes be missing a foot. 

Who is Juan de Onate? 

400

This is an area of land in which all streams and rainfall are drained to a single point or outlet. 

What is a watershed?

400

This smart-aleck cartoon character with a Brooklyn accent made his debut in the 1940 animated short, "A Wild Hare." He famously made a wrong turn in ABQ.

Who is Bugs Bunny?

400

"Then he waddled away, til the very next day." The grape-loving duck from "The Duck Song" first made an appearance in what year?

When is 2009?

500

This local Albuquerque High School was used as the school campus in the fictional town of Lenora Hills, California in the Netflix series "Stranger Things." 

What is Eldorado High School?

500

This Aztec city was overtaken by Spanish Conquistadors and made into the new capital of the Spanish Empire in 1521. 

What is Tenochtitlan?

500

This is the longest mountain range in North America. 

What are the Rocky Mountains?

500

The prototype of the "Renaissance Man," he invented the parachute and came up with the idea for a helicopter. However, he is probably best known for his paintings.

Who is Leonardo da Vinci?

500

High Standards Every Day is one rule in Mr. L's class. Not following this rule will get you labelled this. 

Who is "Bart Simpson?"

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